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Protecting Black Women and Girls Is More Important Than Your Break Up With R. Kelly
Jamilah Lemieux has about 3,000 accounts muted and blocked on social media. As a black woman who often uses her platform to call out abusive behavior towards black women and girls, Twitter’s mute feature is a tool she’s become more than familiar with. She’s written countless pieces on men like R. Kelly and Bill Cosby,…
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Philly Rallies Behind Meek Mill as Rapper Awaits Judge’s Decision on Possible Retrial
Meek Mill is seeking justice, and his city is behind him. Fans gathered in droves Monday outside the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice in Philadelphia, where Judge Genece Brinkley heard arguments about granting the 31-year-old rapper a new trial on gun- and drug-related charges he faced when he was 19. The rapper’s lawyers…
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Watch Black and Brown Chefs Show Out at the 2018 Iconoclast Dinner Experience
Lezli Levene Harvell created the Iconoclast Dinner Experience four years ago to honor trailblazing chefs of color who otherwise might go uncelebrated in the culinary world. Not only is the event a treat for your taste buds, but net proceeds also benefit Spelman College students from Jamaica and sub-Saharan countries. Watch a recap of the…
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Sterling K. Brown on Roseanne’s Firing: ‘I’m Happy With the Swift Action That Was Taken’
Sterling K. Brown, Keegan-Michael Key and Brian Tyree Henry shared their thoughts on Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets and the canceling of her show by ABC during a red carpet for Hotel Artemis this week. Hey, ABC, can you give these guys a show instead? Watch above.
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Becky Got Kendrick Lamar M.A.A.D: Rapper Shuts Down White Fan for Repeatedly Rapping N-Word
Another day, another bold Becky. Kendrick Lamar invited a fan onstage during the Hangout Festival this weekend to perform “M.A.A.D City.” Nothing about a white girl in Alabama rapping “M.A.A.D City,” of all tracks, sounds like a good idea, but Kendrick apparently had faith that she’d be smart enough to skip lyrics like “my nigga.”…
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This Dancer Gave Birth Weeks Before Performing in Beyoncé’s Historic Coachella Set. This Is How She Snapped Back
Dnay Baptiste has an impressive work résumé. The New York native has performed with big names like N.E.R.D and Jennifer Lopez—oh, and she’s been one of Beyoncé’s principal dancers for over five years. Baptiste, 30, has danced in some of Beyoncé’s most memorable performances, including the 2017 Grammys, where Bey beautifully revealed her second pregnancy.…
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Meek Mill on Prison Reform: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Martin Luther King; I’m Still Meek Mill’
This week I received an email from our deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, asking who wanted to attend a live Tidal interview between Meek Mill and Angie Martinez in New York City. When I saw the email, I basically fought my keyboard so I could be the first to respond and secure my spot. As…
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Meek Mill Says Because of His Probation, He Would Have Gone to Prison if Philly Starbucks Had Called Police on Him
Meek Mill isn’t a free man. Despite his joyous appearances at Philadelphia 76ers games or his return to Kevin Hart’s Instagram, the Philly native is still navigating the terms of his probation ahead of a hearing in June. “I’m nervous every day being on probation,” he said at a press conference Thursday. During the conference,…
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White Producers Threw W. Kamau Bell to the KKK on Day 1, so He Got Rid of Them
W. Kamau Bell’s United Shades of America became infamous for its first episode, “The New KKK,” in 2016. In the series opener, Bell attends a cross-burning ceremony and interviews hooded Klansmen. At the end of the cross burning, Bell poignantly states, “I actually feel lucky. Unlike most of the black people in this country who…
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Stop Calling Us ‘Females’ for Real, Though
The past few weeks have been a shit show. Between Kanye’s “free thoughts” and news about Nas, Bill Cosby and R. Kelly, we’ve been inundated with anti-black, misogynistic and overall trash takes disguised as “unpopular opinions.” Men and women alike are defending people like Kelly and Cosby for their decades’ worth of sexual abuse allegations.…
